UPDATE 1/31/2023 – The link below for the seasonal games no longer works. However, here is a link to a Valentine’s Day themed digital breakout by CoffeyITRT. Also, here is my up-to-date Wakelet collection of Valentine’s Day resources. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. If you teach in any country that annually celebrates this day, then you … Read more
“That’s it?! But that’s so little!” one of my students said, incredulously, when I showed him the Raspberry Pi. I nodded. Another student explained, “That’s what a computer looks like. A lot of people think this [he pointed to the television monitor] is the computer, but it’s just a screen.” The other students, who mostly … Read more
UPDATE 8/27/2021: Unfortunately, this game is no longer working because it is a Flash game. According to Cool Math, they are working on a “fix” for it. I hope they find a way to make it available again! You can download it as an iOS app here. You can also play it here as an … Read more
I should probably add Breakout Edu’s Seasonal Games to my “Teachers’ December Survival Kit.” What better way is there to keep your students engaged, learning, and problem-solving than sending them on a holiday quest? You can find 5 Breakout Edu games related to December holidays on this page. In case you haven’t hear about Breakout … Read more
I first read about “Integrative Thinking” in this article by Katrina Schwartz on Mindshift. The article outlines three thinking/problem-solving tools that are taught through the I-Think Initiative at University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management: Ladder of Inference, Pro/Pro, and Causal Models. Integrative Thinking involves using these tools and others to consider solutions for problems by … Read more
During the last few years, I’ve collected quite a few resources to help teachers “survive” the few weeks before Winter Break. Rather than recycle them in separate posts this year, I decided to put the links to the posts all in one place. (The “Telegenic” post shares related videos.) Creative Ways to Survive the Weeks … Read more